Games like Just Bones
If Just Bones is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mini Ghost, Taimumari: Definitive Edition and Cuphead — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Just Bones: Just Bones is a platformer inspired by old-school pixel art and gameplay. After a powerful experiment, a mage is reduced to a skeleton of his former self. Join Bones as he puzzles his way through rich environments to collect special tools, recover his body parts and restore his human appearance.
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Mini Ghost
WHY THIS
Top pick for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Taimumari: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Broforce
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Duck Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Just Bones fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
You Have to Win the Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Super Blue Boy Planet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
SBBP is a 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Blue boy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by aliens so he goes through 21 levels to save her and he also fight bosses along the way.
Electronic Super Joy 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Electronic Super Joy 2 is a brutally hard platformer, set in a world of brain-smashing electronic music. Run, jump, smash, & slice your way through 55+ weird & different levels, with giant monsters, swarming missiles & secret areas.
Janosik
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!
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More from Elephant Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Elephant Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
RIP - Trilogy™
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
With the completion of the third title in the RIP series, the RIP games have become an instant classic in the arcade-shooter genre. RIP Trilogy brings all three RIP titles into one exciting and heart-pounding pack.RIPNot afraid of Death? What if he is accompanied by Halloween and Rock-N-Roll?
RIP - Trilogy™
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
With the completion of the third title in the RIP series, the RIP games have become an instant classic in the arcade-shooter genre. RIP Trilogy brings all three RIP titles into one exciting and heart-pounding pack.RIPNot afraid of Death? What if he is accompanied by Halloween and Rock-N-Roll?
RIP - Trilogy™
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
With the completion of the third title in the RIP series, the RIP games have become an instant classic in the arcade-shooter genre. RIP Trilogy brings all three RIP titles into one exciting and heart-pounding pack.RIPNot afraid of Death? What if he is accompanied by Halloween and Rock-N-Roll?
Surface: The Pantheon Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones.
How did the Capital Express vanish?
Grim Tales: The Bride Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones.
After your sister vanishes on her wedding day no one has any idea what happened to her, so it’s up to you to find the truth!
Mystery Trackers: The Void Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones.
Explore the Void family mansion!
Riddles of Fate: Wild Hunt Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones.
Can you defeat the Four Horsemen and save the city?
Royal Detective: The Lord of Statues Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Elephant Games, the studio behind Just Bones.
Save the besieged alpine village of Martlet and rescue its residents from the mysterious living statues in this exciting Hidden Object Adventure game!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Just Bones.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
Frequently asked about Just Bones
- What games are most similar to Just Bones?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Just Bones are Mini Ghost, Taimumari: Definitive Edition, Cuphead.
- Who developed Just Bones?
- Just Bones was developed by Elephant Games.
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